1992 Season

General Manager Michael Huyghue left to join the league's front office and was replaced by Rick Nichols. As for the team, the season started out the same way as the previous year. A loss to Sacramento on the road, followed by winning 4 of the next 6 games. Including a first ever road win in Europe, against the Frankfurt Galaxy. While in London, the Monarchs and Fire played to the only tie in league history. Birmingham finished up in second place in the division, but would once again lose in the playoffs, this time to Orlando.

John Brantley and John Miller repeated as All-WLAF members.

1992 away jersey's lettering differed from the 1991 season. The 1992 lettering was dark blue with red outlines while the 1991 season lettering was red with dark blue around it.

After the World Bowl, the league ceased operations in North America, and resurfaced years later as NFL Europe.

1992 Birmingham Fire Results

Regular Season
Date Opponent Result Record Attend.
03/21/1992 (Sat.) Birmingham Fire @ Sacramento Surge L, 20-6 0-1-0 17,920
03/29/1992 San Antonio Riders @ Birmingham Fire W, 17-10 1-1-0 16,250
04/05/1992 Birmingham Fire @ Frankfurt Galaxy W, 17-7 2-1-0 33,857
04/11/1992 (Sat.) Birmingham Fire @ London Monarchs T, 17-17 OT 2-1-1 20,370
04/18/1992 (Sat.) Sacramento Surge @ Birmingham Fire W, 28-14 3-1-1 20,794
04/25/1992 (Sat.) Birmingham Fire @ San Antonio Riders L, 17-14 3-2-1 13,590
05/02/1992 (Sat.) Barcelona Dragons @ Birmingham Fire W, 19-17 4-2-1 11,187
05/10/1992 Montreal Machine @ Birmingham Fire W, 23-16 OT 5-2-1 9,764
05/17/1992 Orlando Thunder @ Birmingham Fire W, 24-23 6-2-1 15,186
05/23/1992 (Sat.) Birmingham Fire @ Ohio Glory W, 27-24 7-2-1 23,020

Postseason
Date Opponent Result Record Attend.
05/30/1992 (Sat.) Birmingham Fire @ Orlando Thunder L, 45-7 7-3-1 28,746

*Thanks to Wikipedia for information above

1992 Birmingham Fire Stats

Passing

Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Sack	Loss	Rating
Mike Norseth	259	144	55.6	1634	6.31	56t	4	1.5	12	4.6	22	111	60.5
Elroy Harris	2	0	0.0	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	39.6
Steve Avery	1	1	100.0	-3	-3.00	-3	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	79.2
Eddie Britton	1	0	0.0	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	39.6
TOTALS	263	145	55.1	1631	6.20	56t	4	1.5	12	4.6	0	0	59.9

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Lg
Elroy Harris	136	470	3.5	5	25
Jim Bell	92	382	4.2	6	22
Mike Norseth	49	179	3.7	2	19t
Steve Avery	24	80	3.3	0	13
Eddie Britton	9	53	5.9	0	20
Phil Ross	4	24	6.0	0	11
Paul McGowan	1	21	21.0	0	21
Eugene Rowell	2	18	9.0	1	11
Kirk Maggio	2	-10	-5.0	0	0
TOTALS	319	1217	3.8	14	25

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Lg
Willie Bouyer	57	706	12.4	0	50
Eddie Britton	18	277	15.4	1	56t
Steve Avery	15	167	11.1	1	54t
Phil Ross	12	98	8.2	0	20
Mark Hopkins	11	94	8.5	0	11
Eugene Rowell	9	141	15.7	0	37
Elroy Harris	9	54	6.0	1	16
Jim Bell	7	61	8.7	1	21
Kirk Kirkpatrick	5	42	8.4	0	14
Mike Norseth	2	-9	-4.5	0	-3
TOTALS	145	1631	11.2	4	56t

Kickoff Returns

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	TD	Lg
Eddie Britton	23	558	24.3	0	0	45
James Henry	5	97	19.4	0	0	29
Anthony Green	1	19	19.0	0	0	19
TOTALS	29	674	23.2	0	0	45

Punt Returns

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	TD	Lg
James Henry	14	47	3.4	4	0	11
TOTALS	14	47	3.4	4	0	11

Punting

Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Ret	Yds	Net
Kirk Maggio	34	1407	41.4	60	4	9	0	21	162	34.3
Philip Doyle	1	38	38.0	38	0	0	0	1	4	34.0
TOTALS	35	1445	41.3	60	4	9	0	22	166	34.3

Kicking

Player	PAT	FG	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Lg	Pts
Philip Doyle	19/19	15/24	0/0	4/4	5/7	4/10	2/3	52	64
TOTALS	19/19	15/24	0/0	4/4	5/7	4/10	2/3	52	64

Defense

Player	Sacks	Loss	Ints	Yds	Avg	TDs	Lg
Tony Bowick	3.0	--	2	7	3.5	0	4
John Brantley	2.0	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Antonio Gibson	1.0	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
John Robert Holland	0.0	--	1	17	17.0	0	17
Arthur Hunter	0.0	--	2	43	21.5	1	32t
Junior Jackson	1.0	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Pellom McDaniels	2.5	--	1	24	24.0	0	24
Paul McGowan	0.0	--	2	17	8.5	0	12
John Miller	0.0	--	3	60	20.0	0	35
Otis Moore	1.0	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Craig Ogletree	1.5	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Maurice Oliver	6.0	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Darrell Phillips	2.0	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Tracy Sanders	0.0	--	1	70	70.0	1	70t
TOTALS	20.0	0.0	12	476	39.7	2	70t

1992 Birmingham Fire Roster
No.	Name	Position	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Pro Experience	College	How Acquired
30 50 99	Alford, Tony Anderson, Bill Anderson, Leandre	RB C DE	5-10 6-4 6-4	200 277 270	10/08/66 09/19/68	2 1	Colorado State Iowa Nebraska	CW-92 (S.A.) D1(2) - '91 D4(40)-92
65	Apolskis, Rick	G	6-3	287	1/6/67	2	Arkansas	D8 - '92
42	Avery, Steve	HB	6-1	233	8/18/66	3	N. Michigan	D3 (9) - '91
67	Bax, Carl	T	6-4	283	1/5/66	4	Missouri	T(BAR)92 **
26 41	Bell, Jim Bell, Kenny	RB RB	6-1 5-11	216 201	6/24/65	3	Boston College Boston College	W(BAR) -92 A-TD-91
80	Bouyer, Willie	WR	6-3	196	9/24/66	3	Michigan State	D1(8) - '91
70	Bowick, Tony	NT	6-2	273	10/3/66	3	Tenn-Chatt.	D2 (6) - '91
54	Brantley, John	LB	6-3	240	10/23/65	3	Georgia	D2 (5) - '91
6	Britton, Eddie	WR	5-9	164	12/1/68	1	Central St-Ohio	EA(IND)
43 63	Carter, Simmie DeLorenzo, Tony	CB C	6-0 6-4	180 271	04/19/67 11/8/67	1 1	Southern Miss New Mexico St.	D16(172)-92 D18 - '92
? ? 3	Donald, Phillip Douglas, David Doyle, Philip	WR G K	6-5 6-4 6-0	210 280 207	01/01/69 03/20/63 3/20/69	R 6 1	Arkansa-Pine Bluff Tennessee Alabama	D29(312)-92 D1(7)-92 D5 - '92
20 28	Fair, David Foggie, Fred	RB CB	6-1 6-2	213 195	07/12/67 6/10/69	1 1	Miss State Minnesota	D23(248)-92 D11 - '92
96 48 29	Friberg, Keith Gage, Steve Gibson, Antonio	DE FS S	6-5 6-4 6-1	260 214 202	11/21/66 05/10/64 7/5/62	1 4 7	Syracuse Tulsa Cincinnati	D21(225)-92 A-TD-91 A-TD - '92
83 60	Green, Anthony Gray, Terry	WR G	6-0 6-1	190 280	6/12/67 5/25/68	1 1	W. Kentucky Baylor	A-TD - '92 EA (HOU)
78 34	Haliburton, Sheldon Harris, Elroy	T RB	6-8 5-10	321 225	01/31/68 8/18/66	1 3	Texas A&I E. Kentucky	NFLEA (Lions)-92 W(MT) - '91
86 45	Heard, Ron Henry, James	WR CB	5-11 5-10	176 191	08/20/67 10/24/65	1 2	Bowling Green S. Mississippi	D6(60)-92 D8 (8) - '91
52	Henton, Anthony	LB	6-2	238	7/27/63	5	Troy State	T(SAC) -92
72 21	Holdbrooks, Byron Holland, John Robert	G CB	6-4 5-10	287 187	11/08/67 7/18/65	1 2	Alabama Cal-Sacramento	D28(303)-92 D4 (8) - '91
87	Hopkins, Mark	TE	6-4	248	3/9/67	2	C. Michigan	D2 (1) - '91
88 24	Hudsom, Craig Hunter, Arthur	TE SS	6-3 6-0	273 200	05/01/67 1/24/67	2 2	Wisconsin Central St-Ohio	NFLEA(Chiefs)-92 D10(8)- '91
51	Jackson, Junior	LB	6-0	245	10/31/68	2	Tenn-Chatt.	SD1 - '91
85 7	Johnson, Barry Jones, Eric	WR QB *	6-2 6-1	196 208	02/01/68 6/22/66	1 2	Maryland Vanderbilt	NFLEA(Broncos)-92 D3 (21) - '91
10 73 88	Jones, Greg King, Buddy Kirkpatrick, Kirk	QB OT TE	6-2 6-7 6-1	221 300 227	07/01/67 2/8/68	1 1	West Virginia Southern Miss Florida	NFLEA(Lions)-92 D4(39)-91 A-TD - '92
35 8	Lattimore, Brian Maggio, Kirk	RB P	6-1 6-0	221 165	10/29/66 9/18/67	1 2	Southern Missouri UCLA	NFLEA(Colts)-92 D2 (4) - '91
77	McDaniels, Pellom	DE	6-3	270	2/21/68	2	Oregon State	DS(5) - '91
53	McGowan, Paul	LB	6-0	224	1/13/66	3	Florida State	D1(6) - '91
44	Miller, John	FS	6-1	193	6/22/66	4	Michigan State	D5 (3) - '91
71	Moore, Otis	DE	6-2	275	4/26/67	2	Clemson	D3 (5) - '91
12	Moore, Shawn	QB	6-2	213	4/4/68	2	Virginia	EA (DEN)
79 29 5	Mullin, R.C. Newsom, Tony Norseth, Mike	OT CB QB	6-6 5-8 6-3	315 182 208	8/22/64	5	SW Louisiana Stephen F. Austin Kansas	D2-91 D1-91 D3 - '92
94	Ogletree, Craig	LB	6-2	242	4/2/68	2	Auburn	D7 - '92
59	Oliver, Maurice	LB	6-3	243	6/14/67	3	S. Mississippi	D3 (6) - '91
62	Phillips, Darrell	NT	6-0	283	03/09/65	2	Louisiana State	D1 (5) - '91
83 76	Reed, John Rentie, Caesar	WR T	6-5 6-3	212 310	01/22/68 11/10/64	1 3	West Carolina Oklahoma	D27(291)-92 D15 - '92
82 84 81 27	Ross, Phil Rowell, Eugene Russell, Lamonde Sanders, Tracy	TE WR WR CB	6-4 6-0 6-0 6-0	238 186 215 178	06/14/67 06/12/68 12/31/67 5/16/66	2 2 1 2	Oregon State Southern Miss Alabama Florida State	D1-91 D9(93)-92 D17(182)-92 D2 (8) -91
26 75	Satter, Tony Schonewolf, Rich	RB G	5-11 6-4	217 291	04/11/69 12/19/66	1 2	North Dakota State Penn St.	D13(139)-92 D8 (9) -91
61 36 57 74 56 55 ??	Shaw, Ricky Sherron, Jay Smiley, Tim Stewart, Reggie Valeno, Joe Warner, Kirk Weatherspoon, Stephon Wiggins, Shawn Woulard, Todd	LB G T LB S/T TE OLB WR LB	6-4 6-3 6-0 6-1 6-5 6-3 6-2 5-10 6-2	250 284 192 254 292 242 245 163 231	07/28/66 03/27/65 05/11/66 05/28/69 02/11/69 11/24/67 08/15/68 08/15/69	4 R 1 1 2 1 1 1	Oklahoma State Southern Miss Arkansas State Misssissippi State Pennsylvania Georgia Texas Tech Wyoming Alabama A&M	D2(17)-92 D26(281)-92 D10(106)-92 D22(238)-92 EA (KAN) D14(149)-92 TR-92 (Bar.) D12(126)-92 D24(258)-92
* - practice quarterback
** - Originally allocated from Cleveland in Enhancement Allocation
Injured Reserve:
99 43	Anderson, LeAndre Carter, Simmie	DE CB	6-4 6-0	270 180	9/19/68 4/19/67	1 1	Nebraska S. Mississippi	D4 - '92 D-16 - '92
73	King, Buddy	T	6-7	297	9/11/67	2	S. Mississippi	D4 (9) -91
84	Rowell, Eugene	WR	6-0	186	8/20/67	2	S. Mississippi	D9 - '92
46	Wyche, John	FS	6-1	204	4/10/68	1	Florida State	D19 - '92
Coaching Staff: Chan Gailey, Head Coach Gene Smith, defensive coordinator Pete Hurt, defensive line Stanley King, defensive secondary Joe D'Alessandris, offensive line Joel Williams, tight ends/special teams Mike O'Toole, running backs

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